Kristel Shelley looks at the damage to her carport after a storm hits Queanbeyan. Photo: Melissa Adams

A section of the Woolworths store in Queanbeyan collapsed during the storm forcing management to close the store for several hours.

Kristel Shelley was driving with her two children in the car when a deluge of rain starting hitting her car and those around her. Terrified, she took shelter under a tree along with an elderly man who was caught while walking.